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Retained HRHR that grows with you

Whether you've just taken on your first employee or you're building a management team, our retainers give you expert HR support without the cost of an in house HR team. You pay a fixed amount each month and avoid surprise bills.

Three ways to work together

HR expertise and support

HR Essentials

Your HR safety net. Best for businesses with 1 to 10 employees, or owners who manage their own people day to day and want an expert on hand when they need one.

  • Unlimited HR advice by phone, email and video call (fair use applies)
  • A monthly check in call with the business owner
  • An HR health check to start: a review of your contracts, handbook and compliance gaps, with a clear action plan
  • Employment contracts and a starter set of essential HR policies
  • A library of template letters and forms (probation, absence, holidays, flexible working and more)
  • Plain English updates on employment law, including the Employment Rights Act 2025 changes
  • Guidance on handling difficult conversations, with scripts and talking points

Rolling monthly contract with a 3 month minimum term

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HR Partner

Your hands on HR team. Best for growing businesses with 10 to 30 employees and businesses where managers need help handling people issues properly.

  • Everything in HR Essentials
  • A full employee handbook with policies tailored to your business and kept up to date with changes in the law
  • Step by step support with disciplinaries, grievances, absence, performance and probation, with invite and outcome letters drafted for you
  • Support with flexible working requests, family leave and return to work
  • A monthly catch up with your people managers, so issues are dealt with early
  • Management guidance documents so your managers handle HR consistently
  • Onboarding support: offer letters, contracts and right to work guidance
  • An annual HR compliance review

Rolling monthly contract with a 6 month minimum term

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HR Department

Your outsourced HR department. Best for established SMEs with 25+ employees, multiple managers or sites, or businesses going through change.

  • Everything in HR Partner, plus a senior HR professional embedded in your business
  • A monthly on site visit
  • Full management of employee relations cases: investigations, hearings, outcomes, appeals and all the paperwork
  • All HR policies and documents written as needed
  • Support with restructures and redundancies
  • HR admin support: contract changes, references and leaver processes
  • People planning: performance reviews, retention and culture
  • Management training sessions, for example on handling absence or difficult conversations
  • A quarterly people report and strategy review with the leadership team

Rolling monthly contract with a 6 month minimum term

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Need something different?

Bespoke retainer

Seasonal workforce, a big project, or cover for parental leave? We'll put together a retainer that fits.

Pricing depends on the number of employees and the level of support you need. Book a free 20 minute call and we'll recommend the right package, with no obligation.

Optional add ons for any package

HR systems we partner withBreathe HR · Workmax · WorkSmarter

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